Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Tigre

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Tigre (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Semitic → Proto-West Semitic → Proto-Ethio-Semitic → Ge'ez → Tigre.

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Speakers
1M (1,000,000)
ISO 639-3
tig
Glottocode
tigr1270

North Ethio-Semitic language of western and northern Eritrea. As with Tigrinya, descent directly from Ge'ez (rather than from a common North Ethio-Semitic ancestor) is a simplification.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  3. Proto-West Semiticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Ethio-Semiticc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  5. Ge'ezc. 100 CE – 1100 CE
  6. Tigrec. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Ge'ez.

Sources